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When you see water in a stream you say: oh, this is stream water; When you see water in the river you say: oh, this is water
If I was President The first thing I would do is call Mumia Abu—Jamal. No, if I was president
His posture From so many years Holding his robe with one hand Is odd. His gait
My desire is always the same; wherever Life deposits me: I want to stick my toe & soon my whole body
I will keep Broken things: The big clay Pot
Before I leave the stage I will sing the only song I was meant truly to sing. It is the song of I AM.
To change the world enough you must cease to be afraid of the poor. We experience your fear as the lea… humiliations; in the past
If my sorrow were deeper I’d be, along with you, under the ocean’s floor; but today I learn that the oil that pools beneath the ocean floor
With your unknown to me Odd magic You came To me:
Did you ever understand this? If my spirit was poor, how could… Was I depressed? Understanding editing, I see how a comma, removed or inse…
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely
in our lifetime. Which makes the idea of elections Notice how this word has “man” right in the middle of it? That’s one reason I like it. He is right there, front and center. But he i...
I said to Poetry:"I’m finished with you." Having to almost die before some wierd light comes creeping through
She is the one who will notice that the first snapdragon of Spring is
You confide in me that you are lonely,